Ryanair is cancelling 22 flights to and from Dublin in changes to its winter schedule.

Imagine you are playing a game of snakes and ladders, writes Joyce Fegan.

RYANAIR has a robust culture around customer service. It is a badge of honour for the no-frills carrier that it aggressively discouraged all but the most serious complaints.

Catch up on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com this morning.

We examine five of the main talking points from day three of the Cheltenham Festival.

ROBERT LANAGHAN is a writer. Or, at least, he was, but, since his second book was published, he hasn’t written. Life has got in the way.

Will we see more surprises today?

The kick-out from Darren Randolph parted the German sea for Shane Long’s miracle — and now comes the exodus.

The first funerals for the victims of the Berkeley tragedy take place today, 30 years on the Ahakista memorial stands in tribute to those lost in the Air India tragedy, a Sinn Féin councillor has been expelled amid a row involving claims of bullying, and how skinny jeans left a woman unable to walk.  Here’s this morning’s irishexaminer.com catch-up.

A Ryanair steward who found a passenger’s camera on a flight has been fined and given 100 hours of community service after he was tracked down by his victim on eBay.

Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh have done us proud this week and it would be silly not to place our faith in them at Cheltenham today.

Caid Du Berlais denied Johns Spirit back-to-back Paddy Power Gold Cup wins in the last couple of strides at Cheltenham.

Welcome to your Friday morning briefing. Let us ensure you’re up to speed on what’s happening and are prepared for the day ahead.

Welcome to your Thursday morning briefing. Let us ensure you’re up to speed on what’s happening and are prepared for the day ahead.

Former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds was not a great politician but people would "welcome him back in a flash today", said Ryanair chief executive, Michael O’Leary.

The Labour Court has found that Ryanair did not discriminate on the grounds of nationality when laying off a Polish staff member.

I was disgusted by the two-line comment published in the Irish Examiner (June 3) regarding Aer Lingus cabin crew ("Aer Lingus should now give their cabin crew 365 non-paid days off").

From selfies to sniffles, the Irish Examiner brings you the very best images from the RBS Six Nations win.

Don't miss the new Irish Sitcom The Walshes on RTE One at 10.15pm.

Ryanair has been ordered to pay €8m in fines and damages by a French court.

Yesterday morning, just after dealing with the latest details on the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill and the report on the needless death of Savita Halappanavar, the very first word uttered by RTÉ’s Morning Ireland news reader was “Ryanair”.

The stock image of Alex Ferguson, familiar around the world, is of someone who lives and breathes football, and gives it loads to referees. But there’s more to him than that, as Irish Examiner editor Tim Vaughan discovered

Trainer Peter Casey says Flemenstar is “very unlikely” to run at the Cheltenham Festival nest month after being found to have a lung infection.

The first four home from Cheltenham’s Queen Mother Champion Chase are all entered in what promises to be a memorable renewal of the Boylesports.com Champion Chase at Punchestown on April 24.

The Irish players were treated to a private session with Christy Moore last night to help gear them up for a battle with the auld enemy.

DESCRIBED by her trainer as “an iron mare“, Blazing Tempo turned over odds-on favourite Noble Prince to land the Grade 2 Norman Grove Chase at Fairyhouse yesterday, providing Willie Mullins with the highlight of a superb four-timer.

RYANAIR has declined to comment on an incident on one of its planes where passengers claimed to have seen cockroaches.

RYANAIR has come up with another way to charge its passengers, announcing a new 50 cent charge on each return flight so it can fund the cost of what it describes as an “eco-loony” EU tax.

RYANAIR chief executive Michael O’Leary has criticised the Department of Transport’s choices for new executives at Dublin Airport Authority and Tourism Ireland.

RYANAIR says that the opening up of four routes out of Ireland West Airport in Knock will create around 100 jobs in Mayo.

RYANAIR chief Michael O’Leary believes children’s allowance should be scrapped as it is subsidising people to have sex.

RYANAIR has given Aer Lingus a seven-day ultimatum to reply to unanswered questions on policy, threatening to force an extraordinary general meeting if the deadline is not met.

RYANAIR yesterday criticised the management of rival Aer Lingus, in which it holds a 30% stake, over its handling of a huge pension deficit widely seen as an impediment to attracting a strategic investor.

RYANAIR said it would resume operating flights from Cork and Kerry to Dublin if airport costs were cut and the subsidised routes were scrapped.

RYANAIR says it bought back seven million shares yesterday — bucking the global sell-off that sent the Stoxx Europe 600 Index to its steepest drop since May 2010.

RYANAIR has lost a ruling to block Britain’s anti-trust regulator from investigating its minority stake in Aer Lingus, acquired four years ago.

The Union of Students of Ireland has said that "all hell will break loose" if Education Minster Ruairi Quinn re-introduces third-level fees.

FORMER Miss World Rosanna Davison has promised to donate some of her €80,000 libel award to the Dublin Simon Community.

A former Miss World suing no-frills carrier Ryanair for defamation has been awarded €80,000 after winning her case.

The good name and reputation of a former Miss World suing airline Ryanair for defamation is still being damaged, a court heard today.

RYANAIR’S head of communications Stephen McNamara told the High Court yesterday he would not apologise to former Miss World Rosanna Davison over a press release which she says branded her a racist.

RYANAIR’S head of communications has denied calling former Miss World Rosanna Davison a racist after she complained that no Irish girls were used by Ryanair in its annual charity calendar.